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The Wolf prowling across dimensions by Pandora's Reader

 Highschool of the Dead & My Hero Academia/僕のヒーローアカデミア Xover Rated: M, English, Family & Adventure, [OC, Rika M., Shizuka M., Saeko B.], Words: 820k+, Favs: 1k+, Follows: 1k+, Published: Nov 17, 2021 Updated: Nov 9 779Chapter 78: Being Meguca is suffering

Thanks to Scifighter for the support.

Dakota - That's a good question. Their aura would definitely block radiation, though if it was off, their 'Minor Immortality' as members of the Silver Clan should keep them safe. But if either of those were off for some reason, Shizuka and Hestia's flames would just cleanse the radiation. But if for SOME reason, neither of them could use it, and no one had their aura or minor immortality, then they'd probably all, aside from Hestia and Athena, get super cancer.

For semblance's, I like the ideas, though I'm still undecided.

This chapter, the longest I've ever done at 17k words, will start the gimmick of My Hero. It's basically a watch party. They all won't be THIS long, but this series deserves this. Fun fact, this chapter and last chapter were originally one, but when this got too big, I made them their own chapters.

This is also the last chapter I have complete, so I'll be taking my time to make more, as I relax.

{2 days later}

I was feeling lazy today, so I was still in bed, curled up in my Grey wolf form, sleeping. Sleep was always nice and all that, so I was enjoying my time in bed. -FUUUUUUCKEEEEEER!- Then that happened. I will forever deny I yelped, and fell off the bed.

But that aside, when I registered WHO shouted, I had to take a moment to process it. (Who the fuck pissed off Shizuka?) Because yes. My wife just screamed at, I shifted back and tapped my focus, 11AM. (The fuck?) So, curious about what the hell was going on, I got out of bed, and walked out of the bedroom.

As I did, I walked down to the second floor, and made it just in time to see a flaming Shizuka stomp towards the training grounds. And after sharing a look with everyone else, being the kids, my girls, other then Saya, and Lili, we followed after her in morbid curiosity. Because none of us knew what the hell set her off. The TV was off, Eri and Rika, who should've been with her, were nowhere in sight, and we all knew where Shizuka was going.

As a unit, we made our way to the training grounds, and the moment we got there, I had to put up barrier to protect ourselves from the shock waves Shizuka made as she started slamming an aura Boomstick into the earth elementals in the impossible zone. She wasn't even in Werewolf form, and was still causing tremors and storm winds with every slam.

We all just watched for a moment, a moment that helped me see Kendo, Kiriko, Athena, and Saya peering out her lab, also watching the scene. Saya and I made eye contact, and I didn't need to have her in the party to know her question. 'What happened?' I shrugged, because we didn't know. An eye roll from my cub later, and she waved her hand in Shizuka's direction. 'Go fix her.' I snorted, but didn't say no.

So, walking out of my barrier, I made my way over to my rampaging wife. The tremors of her rampage didn't do much to stop me, and I didn't mind the wind, it was a pretty nice breeze in my opinion.

When I made it to her, I wrapped my arms around her waist, put my chin on her head, and hummed. That made her pause, and her flames started dying down. "So... What happened?"

Shizuka sagged, dispelled Boomstick, and leaned into me, wrapping her tail around my waist as she did. "Stupid evil fucking cat rabbit thing." I blinked... That told me nothing. Knowing that, Shizuka sighed again, tapped her focus, and sent me, along with everyone else, an image of... "Stupid fucker." Yeah... There was this white cat thing with red eyes, and I had no idea what it was. It looked like it was from an anime, so I probably SHOULD'VE known, but I didn't.

So, doing the sensible thing, I asked a question. "Can we start from the top?" She nodded, and so, we walked back upstairs, everyone following as we did.

Making it back to the living room, we found Rika, sitting on one of the couches. Noticing the entire house coming in, she gave us a nod, and gestured to the TV... Which had Netflix open, and on a certain show... "Puella Madoka Magica? A magical girl anime?" Rei sounded both confused, and interested.

Though, hearing the name, and seeing it open, Shizuka snarled, and looked ready to smash the TV. (Thank gods I reinforced it to kingdom come.) I wasn't going to go through another TV, so yes, I reinforced the thing enough to take one of Shizuka's punches. It was truly one of my better ideas since she decided against smashing it, and went down to the training grounds instead.

Seeing her reaction, everyone knew we wee in for a treat, so we sat on the couches, Shizuka, Hestia, Lili, and Saeko were with me. Saya, Athena and Rika were on another one. Then Takashi, Kohta, Kendo, Kiriko, and Rei were on the last one. Then, we let one of them talk.

And the first one to talk was Shizuka, who opted to stay in my lap, and try her best to become one with me, outside of sex. "It was supposed to be nice. It was a magical girl anime! But... It wasn't nice. That... That THING is evil. It's manipulating children! CHILDREN, Silver! I just KNOW it!" I had no idea what the fuck was going on, but decided to just hold her closer to calm her down. It worked, and she let out a huff. "Eri saw something bad too..." That didn't sound good, and from the look Shizuka and Rika shared, they'd probably go check in with her later.

"That's crazy an all that, but we gonna get to the point why blondie went ape shit?" Ah... Kendo. Leave it to him to not give a shit about Shizuka's anger, and get right to the point.

After a pointed glare from said woman, Hestia, and Rika, he raised his hands in surrender. A collective eye roll later, and Rika pulled up the anime, then went to episode... 1? "We're gonna have to start from the beginning for context. Though, we only got to 4, so I don't have ALL the context." That was fine with me.

But Kendo looked at the anime for a few moments, then just got up. "Yeah... Imma go to my gym, fuck that noise. Call me if ya need me." And so he left. No one really minded, since Kendo usually did whatever he felt like doing.

{PMM - Episode 1}

Anyway, with Kendo gone, we looked around to see if anyone else wanted to go, and no one did. Seeing that, Rika nodded, and pressed play on episode 1. Seeing a pink haired girl, probably the MC, running through some weird chess hall, I hummed, and just watched.

Though, when it got to the weird upside down... Thing(?) And some black haired girl fighting it, I blinked. "What?" I had no idea what I was looking at, and neither did the girls. But we watched on...

And then came the cat thing. Now, I'd seen some weird shit in anime, but that thing was weird as shit. "Anyone else notice that there's no sense of urgency or worry in its tone and posture?" Looking over to Saya for a moment, I took a second to think about that, and looked back at the cat thing. As usual, she was right. Now, we could be looking into this too much, but as Werewolves, we knew how to recognize certain things through small actions.

Like the way a tail swayed. Hell, given that we all, minus the goddesses, had tails, it was practically something ingrained in us after we got used to them in Orario. "The fact that fucker ain't blink yet, is creepy as shit too." Kiriko also had a point.

Though, we were interrupted when the thing made the girl an offer... "'A contract?' That doesn't sound suspicious at all." The sarcasm dripping from Athena was funny.

After that came the OP, and there were varying reactions to that. "Well, she looks cute." Hestia in regards to the magical girl.

"Hmm... I can do better." ... We all gave Rei a look at that, and she shrugged. "What? I can! If I can do maid, I can do magical girl." I honestly forgot she worked at a maid cafe at one point. Really, none of the kids were ever normal.

"Rei's weird fetish aside."

"Hey!" My niece didn't like being called out about that.

Saya ignored her, and went on. "Think we can just skip the opening?"

I gasped at that. "You blasphemer! Everyone knows you don't skip the openings!" Sure, I got looks for that, but I ignored em.

Though, Rika didn't. With a whistle, she brought the attention onto herself, and fiddled with the remote. "Anywaaay. Skip." And so the OP was skipped.

I sighed at that, and shook my head. "Philistines, the lot of you." A collective laugh later, and we were officially in ep 1.

The episode was pretty tame, and we chimed in with random thoughts whenever we felt like it. When the eggs bit came up, I got some looks, but I just raised a brow in return. "What? I MAKE the eggs, the fuck ya looking at me for?" Because yes, I was still the head cook of our house, so they couldn't judge me for shit. A short group laugh were their responses, and then Homura was introduced. That's when shit started getting weird. Shizuka softened up, and even whimpered. Seeing that, we were all worried, and paid more attention to Homura. Shizuka also shifted, and after sitting on the floor, laid her head in my lap, so I could pet her better. (It can't be that bad... So what's got her like this?)

When we reached the halfway point, and Homura was confronting Madoka, Saya spoke up. "Ok. For once, I'll start a bet." Looking over to her, she went on. "Given her earlier reactions, the way she seems to already know her way around the campus, and her apparent wariness for this Kaname girl, I'm betting on some kind of time fuckery. I'm betting 10k Yen I'm right."

We all looked at her, and I debated if I should join this. Saya was Saya, so I wouldn't be surprised if she was right. Therefore, it'd be a losers bet. "I'll match you if it's something else." It looked like Kohta didn't care though.

Saya gave him a look, and grinned. "Get ready to lose Hirano." Kohta grinned back, and gave her a nod. That said, Saya turned to Rika. "No spoilers by the way."

Rolling her eyes at that, the resident super sniper nodded. "Sure. Anyway, let's keep going." And so we did.

After Homura's whole thing, the rest of the episode went on, and eventually, we were introduced to the cat thing, in person that time rather then the creepy stalker vibe it had during the P.E portion. Well, not yet. The little fucker was all bloody and shit, and called out to her, with its miiind. Seeing Homura trying to kill it, we were all interested in why, and watched on.

Eventually, the three of them, the blue haired girl, Sayaka, shot a fire extinguisher at Homura, and ran with Madoka and the thing... And they ran into what looked like a bad acid trip, or something I'd see after downing WAAAY too much scotch. "I... I am not entirely sure what I think about such creatures." When Saeko's confused about a monster, that's how you know shit's weird.

After that, the girls were scared and all that, then chains come down, and then someone else comes in. "... Should I try drills? I could do it." I wasn't sure what to make of Rei saying that, but it was whatever.

Anyway, the new girl showed up, and then did a FUCKING MAGICAL GIRL TRANSFORMATION... Which should be fair, since we WERE watching a magical girl anime. Rei squealed, but it was her mother that spoke up. "... This has to be the weirdest trip I've ever been on." I, Rika, and Saya, snorted at Kiriko, but didn't fault her. We were looking at the weirdest fucking minions I'd ever seen.

"We should re-watch this part on some of Soma's shit. Maybe his 25% wine." I was real curious about how that'd go, and was tempted to get some of it from the cooler, but didn't. That could come later.

Rika barked out a laugh at that, and nodded. "Sounds like a plan, Silver!" We all chuckled at that, even Lili did. Then, we went back to watching the weird ball things get blasted by the magical girl. Seeing that, Kohta blinked, and Rika snorted. "Yeah. I felt like I should've been insulted, but I'm kinda not. What about you gun nut?"

Kohta looked back at the TV, then shrugged. "She has taste... And I was already working on something like that, so seeing it happen is kinda cool." Well, she had his seal of approval.

After the minions were blasted to kingdom come, and the standoff between Homura and the magical girl was over, the cat, Kyubey, introduced itself, and asked them to be magical girls. "Alright. That's suspicious as fuck. And after that earlier bit, where that fucker's shadow looked like a devil, I'm not buying this fluffy shit." Saya, I realized, was one of the people that annoyed me. She'd tear into an anime, and figure out the goddamn plot before it was even a quarter of the way done. Though, I didn't say a goddamn word to her about it.

Anyway, that's where the episode ended, and we all took a moment to take in that episode. "Next!" And then Rika kicked off the next one without a care in the world.

{Episode 2}

With episode 2 on, we watched the little recap, then immediately saw the fucking cat. "... Alright... That's creepy as shit. Why is it in her room?! HOW did it get in her room?!" My little goddess was asking the real questions here.

Though, she wasn't the only goddess with commentary. "If it didn't look as harmless as it did, that would unnerve anyone else... Is that perhaps intentional?" Saya hummed at that, and the rest of us thought about it.

"It'd make sense. Looking non threatening gets you an in. It lets you get away with shit you shouldn't be able to get away with. Especially if it targets young girls..." Kiriko frowned, then huffed. "Which is always a fucked up thing to say and think about." It really was.

After that off putting bit, we went on with the episode... Though... I was getting kind of hungry... "Ay, Takashi." Looking over to me, the mini me that wasn't my son, raised his brow. "Mind getting us snacks? We're probably going to be here for a while."

Takashi blinked for a bit, then sighed. "I guess I'll go do that... Cause I'm apparently an errand boy now." Multiple snorts and laughs were our response to that.

"You're the BEST errand boy. Now get us our snacks!" Rei even smacked him on the back after that, making Takashi even more miserable. Though, he still did it. Thankfully, Kohta took pity on him, and got up to help him.

As they did, Rika skipped the opening again, like the philistine that she was, and we got into the new stuff. Like the Mami girl bringing them to her house. Things were going good so far, then they started getting into the magical girl talk. "'Chosen by Kyubey' really?" Saya was unimpressed. And for good reason.

"Yeah, that sounds suspicious as all fu...- She just say Soul gem?" Yes, Mami did. And I was pretty sure we all had ideas on why.

"Let us withhold our theories for later. Th...- A... Wish?" Even Athena wasn't buying it. "Its presentation is quite ominous... I am not liking the theories I am coming up with." By the looks of it, neither were any of us.

Kyubey went on with its sale pitch, which was all kinds of sus, and eventually the scene went back to Madoka and her mother. When said mother said she'd get rid of the CEO of her company, then went on to plan on how to BECOME the CEO, Kiriko barked out in laughter. "Now THAT'S a woman after my own heart!" Rika joined her in laughing at that, while Saya and Athena hummed in agreement.

By this point, Takashi and Kohta had our snacks, and distributed them. As they did, the scene shifted back to Mami's place, and they talked about Witches, and the plan for them to go after a Witch. "Alright... Unless she gives them armor and an arsenal of guns, her plan is kinda shit." Which was true. That was like dropping a teenager in the alligator enclosure, because you were with them and had a knife. You COULD keep them safe, but that didn't mean you WOULD.

From there, school started, was starting, and they were on their way... And Madoka brought the cat with her. Anyway, that aside, there was a whole bit about Madoka and Sayaka getting it on, and that was all kinds of weird. "Lili is in favor of ignoring that. What about everyone else?" We all nodded, and pretended that insinuation never happened.

Though, the whole 'a love that was never meant to be' thing got some snorts out of us. "'Never meant to be' is it? Hmm..." Saeko's hum, then mischievous grin, set Saya off, but before she could do or say anything, Saeko went from my couch to hers, reached over, and kissed Saya on the lips. After she was done, they separated, with the line of spit thing, and Saeko licked her lips. "Ah, the taste of forbidden fruit is always wonderful." And like that, she came back to my couch, looking satisfied as as hell.

Meanwhile, Saya blushed, then breathed out like a steam engine. "I fucking hate you." Saeko giggled, and we shared a laugh at her expense. Though, I didn't miss how Athena blushed a little brighter then Saya.

After that was the school day, which none of us really cared about, and Homura 'confronting' them. We just ate and watched, I shared some of my chips with Shizuka, who was still in wolf form, and just kept going.

Eventually, we got to them going after the Witch, and Mami saving that woman from eating concrete. We started paying this more attention, cause ya know, attempted suicide wasn't something you'd expect to see in a magical girl anime.

That led to them heading into the Witch's Labyrinth, and THAT was a trip in of itself. """"What the fuck?"""" Me, Kiriko, Saya, and surprisingly, Hestia. The four of us weren't the only ones confused looking at the minions and labyrinth, we were just the only ones that said anything.

But shit got weirder. When Mami got to the Witch, we all took a moment to just LOOK at it. I even saw Kiriko pinch herself. "Rei, smell my breath real quick. I'm pretty sure I'm drunk."

Rei rolled her eyes, but humored her mother. "You're fine, mom."

Kiriko shrugged, then turned back to the TV. "Whatever." That bit done, the fight started.

Seeing Mami drop guns outta her skirt, Rika snorted, while Kohta and Saya grinned. But then she made a small patch of guns, which she just kept picking up after she blasted em. "Ok. I'm copying that." Saya snorted at Kohta, but didn't say anything else. The fight went from there, and eventually, reached the finale. When Mami made a massive fucking cannon, Kohta nodded. "And that. But mine is going to be better." That was gonna be fun to see.

After that, the labyrinth collapsed, and they were back in the real world. That was when the whole 'Grief Seed' thing was introduced, and I could see Saya and Athena narrow their eyes, and started thinking about what they were seeing. Though, before they could say anything, Mami tossed the seed over to Homura, who was in the shadows for some reason, and talked for like, thirty seconds before she just left. "What was the point of that? She's just being weird." Hestia kinda had a point.

After that, there was just a bit that none of us commented on, before the episode ended.

{The infamous episode 3}

When it did, Rika took a moment, then sighed. "Alright. This is where shit gets serious. So, buckle up." With those words of warning out there, Rika hit play on episode 3.

After showing Sayaka and the kid in the hospital, and skipping the OP again, we got into the episode. And when we got to Mami's wish, pretty much everyone frowned. "Taking advantage of a horrible situation to create a contract... Hmm..." Yeah, Athena didn't like that.

After that, we watched the girls talk about stuff, and the cat tried to encourage Sayaka to contract. That kept us frowning, but we didn't say anything, and kept watching.

But when we were back in Madoka's room, and the fucker was outright saying she would be stronger then Mami, we reacted. Shizuka started growling, and she was joined by Rei, Kiriko, Saya, and Saeko. Rika was frowning, Takashi and Kohta looked uncomfortable, Athena and Hestia looked like they wanted to strangle it, while Lili and Saeko were blank. Though, we could all tell they were less then pleased. As for me... (I'll need to make constructs in that fuckers shape so the girls can beat em into the ground.) It was going to do wonders for stress relief.

From there, the episode played out, and we got to the point Homura and Mami confronted each other, again. "For as awkward as she is, this Homura girl is clearly trying to help... She's just socially awkward in my opinion." Point.

After that was them going to the hospital, and finding a Grief Seed in a wall. And with Sayaka's dumb plan, because there was really no point in her staying there to watch the fucking thing hatch, Madoka went off to get Mami. Sayaka and the cat eventually got pulled in, because obviously it was going to happen. This labyrinth was weird too, but it was whatever.

A few minutes later, and Madoka and Mami were officially in the labyrinth. Homura showed up, tried to help, and got fucking restrained by Mami, for SOME reason. "Now that's just stupid! She hasn't been aggressive towards any of them, aside from the thing, and has been trying to HELP! Sure, she might be shit at explaining that, but there's literally no reason to do that?! Hell, what if one of those little minion things showed up and chomped her dead?" That... That was a good question. Being restrained, Homura would be easy pickings if one of the minions showed up.

Though, we didn't have much time to dwell on that, because Madoka and Mami started talking, and for anime reasons, had a heart to heart there, in the fucking labyrinth. (Cause yeah, it's not like they've got anything important to do, or stop something from happening or anything.) And lo and behold, after the heart to heart, the thing started hatching.

Though, Mami transformed, and just started blasting. "Ok, I've gotta admit, that's impressive." And it was. Even Kohta looked impressed.

But after she was done, they made it to the Witch, and Mami said 'Alright, it's time to die.' Seeing her break the chair, and just shoot the thing in the head was amusing, but things took a turn for the worst. After blasting it with her ultimate, Shizuka whimpered, and her ears drooped. That was already a sign in of itself, but what happened next made us all pause.

The Witch came out of the doll things mouth, and went down to Mami. Now, none of them, or us, aside from Rika and Shizuka, expected that to happen. So when it did, Mami froze, and that would be the last thing she did. The Witch opened its mouth, and bit her fucking head off... Homura was freed, but that didn't exactly matter at the moment. Mami had her head bitten off, then got eaten... "Holy shit." That was all I could say really.

My words broke the others out of their states, and a bunch of shit happened. Rei paled, and I felt her sadness brush up against me. Though, I was immune, the others, other then the goddesses, weren't. Thankfully, Shizuka and Hestia let their flames come out, and soothed her. "Sorry..." Kiriko just pat her daughter on the head, and Takashi comforted her.

That was her semblance by the way. We just called it Empathy, since that was basically what it did. Rei could radiate her emotions to anyone in her general vicinity. So, if she was happy, and wanted to share it, she could. Or like now. Being sad, she unconsciously let go of her semblance, and influenced the others. Thankfully, Shizuka and Hestia's flames negated that, because even with their mental resistance, it still affected them to a certain extent.

Aside from Rei, Saya and Athena were frowning something fierce, Saeko and Lili were still blank, but I could feel the danger radiating from them. Shizuka, Takashi, Kohta and Hestia were sad, and Rika and Kiriko were keeping their reactions to themselves somehow.

The episode only had a few minutes left, so we let it play. And when it was over, we talked. "Alright. I'm going to play Devil's Advocate here for a bit, because I have to say it." Uh oh, this was gonna upset some people. "Mami has the most fault in her death." In my lap, I could feel Shizuka stiffen, and whip her head over to Saya. Rei did too, and we could all tell the both of them were ready to start a fight. Saya saw this, and sighed. "Let me talk first, THEN you can tear into me. That good?" The two two of them shared a look, and after a few moments, nodded. Shizuka put her head back in my lap, and relaxed a little as I started running my fingers through her fur. "Let's start out with the biggest failing. Restraining Homura. Despite their meetings, Homura hasn't displayed any outright aggression against her, Madoka or Sayaka. Sure, she tried to kill the cat thing, but that was all. Had she not restrained Homura, she wouldn't have died. Can we all agree on that?" Thinking about that, I had to admit, she was right.

"You are looking at this from an outside perspective my dear. Had you been in her shoes, you would be working on limited information." Athena also had a point.

A point Saya recognized. "I know, but it's BECAUSE I'm looking at this from an outside perspective that I can say that." Athena hummed, and conceded. Anyone else want to say something? Looking around, I saw everyone else thinking about it, and even Rei and Shizuka were. Seeing no one say anything, Saya nodded, and went on. "Next would be bringing Madoka into the labyrinth. If they didn't have that moment, Mami would've probably made it to the Grief Seed, and prevented it from hatching in the first place." Again, made sense.

"You got a point, but that's conjecture. She COULD'VE made it there, but we don't know if she WOULD'VE made it there." Kiriko in for the logic.

Saya nodded, and didn't disagree. "You're right, still, might've had a higher chance." My sister in MILFhood shrugged, and went back to comforting her daughter. "Thirdly, the insistence that the two of them should be this involved without some REAL ability to defend themselves. I mean seriously, she lets them go to labyrinths, where their only insurance is her, or contracting. I'm not counting the bat since it only helped once." Another point.

"Well, yeah... But that girl isn't the only one at fault. What about Homura?" Hestia in with the good question.

Saya tilted her head at Hestia, and hummed. "Yeah. Homura is at fault too, given her lack of PROPER explaining, but we'll probably get her reasons in a later episode. She also should've been transformed when she entered the labyrinth, so there's another thing she did wrong." Saying it, I realized that it was stupid that she wasn't.

Anyway, with that said, Shizuka and Saya looked a little calmer now, and were seemingly mollified. (Thank fuck. I can handle a sad or mad Shizuka, but that doesn't mean I'd want her sad or mad in the first place.) The same could be said for Rei. She was my niece, and I didn't want her to be sad if I could help it.

"So, does anyone have anything they want to bring up now? Or should we go onto the next episode?" It was a good question.

Everyone thought about it, and suddenly, Lili spoke up. "Did Eri see that?" Oooh... Oh yikes.

Thankfully, Rika shook her head. "Nah. Shizuka and I managed to cover her eyes and ears before that. Though, she's not stupid. Before I managed to get her to take a nap, she asked me if 'the pretty gun lady' was dead. Sooo... Yeah. That's going to take some cuddling, ice cream, and something else to forget about that." Damn...

"Think we should have a day out tomorrow? Do something fun to forget about it?" My little goddess had a good idea, and it looked like everyone else thought so too.

So, capitalizing on that, I spoke. "That sounds good. We can plan something after we're done with this." And like that, we were back on point.

The ending had just finished, and the prompt for the next episode started counting down. No one else said anything, so the next episode started.

{Episode 4}

The episode started with Sayaka in a hospital, visiting some guy, or trying too atleast. Dude wasn't there, and she ended up leaving. Though, when she got to the elevator, she said some... "Well THAT'S not ominous at all."

(Well fuck you too Kiriko. Say more of my thoughts out loud why don't you?) My internal saltiness aside, we watched, the episode play, and Rika skipped the opening. Again.

We got to Madoka eating with her family, before she started crying. Rei started to radiate sadness again, while Shizuka and Hestia's flames neutralized it again. No one said anything to that, but that was fine. After that, they went to school, and eventually ended up on the roof. They talked a bit, then started crying about Mami kicking the bucket. Rei didn't radiate her sadness this time, but she managed to keep it in this time.

Though, the cat started talking, and at one point, Athena narrowed her eyes, and spoke. "Am I the only one who noticed that the creature only referred to Madoka as it left? Granted, she was the last one to speak, but that is telling. ESPECIALLY after its subtle manipulation." She was referring to the 'only magical girls should critique magical girls' comment the fucker made. "This creature is reminding me of Freya in the worst possible ways." Yeah... When she said that, those of us that went to Danmachi/came from it, frowned.

We let it play out from there, and took in what was going on. With the fucker gone, Madoka went to Mami's place, which tugged at my cold immortal heart, and got the rest of the pack. I had to pick up Shizuka at one point, and hug her like she was a child, since she was getting extra sad. Rei was too, but her mother and boyfriend were there for her. (Maaan, who the fuck knew a magical girl show could be so depressing?) Not I, but I was finding that out.

The next few minutes were slow, but interesting. With Madoka and Homura, the whole 'time fuckery' angle was getting more evidence. Thankfully, Saya and Athena didn't say anything, and just settled for sharing a look, and nodding.

After that whole thing, we were back in the hospital with Sayaka and her crush. The first bits were awkward, since it was just her talking, but then the kid snapped, and THAT was interesting to see. Now, Sayaka didn't deserve to get snapped at, but it was what happened afterwards that got our attention. "That little rat." Kiriko practically growled that out, and everyone else agreed that the fucker was TOO suspicious.

"Hey Maccillian." Humming, I looked at Hestia, and saw the frown on her face. "If you ever get that world, we're going there, if only to murder that thing." I wasn't against that, so I nodded, and my little goddess turned back to the TV.

With the hospital scene done, we went into Witch territory as Madoka saw her friend have a Witch's Kiss on her neck. One 'brainwashed mob' scene later, and Madoka was brought into a labyrinth... "That's fucking terrifying." It really was. Everyone agreed with me on that.

From there, the trippiest few minutes I'd ever gone through happened, but Madoka was eventually saved... By Sayaka. That led into a whole new issue. "Oh no... Not her too..." Rei wasn't exactly enthused that Sayaka had become a Magical Girl. And she wasn't the only one.

All around, my pack looked like they were already expecting this to go south. Though, after another encounter with Homura, things didn't seem that bad. But then the scene panned up a new girl! "Hey, she's got the toof. Kinda like you ceann beag." Saya's eye twitched, and she huffed at me. Not deigning me with a verbal response. Anyway, new girl chomps on a hashbrown or some shit, and says she's gonna beat the shit outta Sayaka. "Huh... Ok." Cause what else was I going to say to that?

That was the end of the episode though.

With it done, Rika looked at everyone else, and put the remote down. "Bathroom break?" I shrugged, since I didn't need it, but others did. "Right, Imma go get me a some Oreo's." Most of us blinked at her, since Takashi HAD brought her some, he brought her a whole fucking thing of em, and she was more then halfway through with em! She must've seen my skepticism, and shrugged. "Hey, I'm going to burn it off later, and if my teeth get fucked, I can just pull em out and let new ones grow so who gives a shit?" Point.

So, those that needed the bathroom left, while Rika, and Hestia now that it was brought up, went to get more snacks.

A few minutes later, and everyone was back. Taking a look, and seeing everyone was ready, Rika nodded. "Right. Next!" And so started the next episode.

{Episode 5}

And we immediately had a problem. Sayaka was on the hospital roof with the cat, and we all realized what was going to happen. Sayaka was contracting with Kyubey, and all of us watched how it happened. The cat thing put its ears(?) INTO Sayaka, and started doing some freaky shit. Then, after a blue light came out of her, she got her Soul Gem. "Well... If that isn't the biggest piece of evidence for the 'Soul Gems are their soul' theory, I don't know what is." I snorted at that, but couldn't say anything, since that looked like some soul shit.

Athena nodded, and narrowed her eyes. "I am curious about the ramifications of this. For all intents and purposes, her soul has been separated from her body... And given physical form." At that, Saya blinked, and we could see her thinking about it.

"Wait, but isn't aura kinda similar?" Hestia's question was a good one.

One that our resident geniuses took a moment to think on before sharing a look. Athena motioned for Saya to talk, so she did. "Kind of. But not really." I could practically see everyone sweatdrop at that. Seeing that, Saya rolled her eyes, and waved at Rika. "Pause it for a second." She did, and Saya nodded. "Ok. So how it works is aura awakens your soul, and by our examples with our goddesses, makes it whole. Now, our souls aren't separate from our bodies, no, it's the opposite. They're intrinsically tied to them now." Which was true. "Now for whatever the fuck that cat thing is, it's separated her soul, and given it a physical form. Think of a Lich's phylactery. That's probably the closest comparison I could make, that everyone would understand." Huh... That made sense.

"Like a Horcrux?" We all blinked, and looked at Rei. She gave us a confused look, and pouted. "What? I read Harry Potter once." Saya and Athena shared a look with Kiriko, who just shrugged.

"Unexpected news aside...-"

"Hey!" Rei didn't like that for some reason.

Too bad Saya ignored her. "Yeah, like a Horcrux."

With that said, everyone took that in, and we started nodding. "Kay... Can I start the episode again?" No one objected to it, so Rika un-paused the episode.

From there, the episode played out, and focused on the girls going to school. The only thing worth mentioning was Madoka and Sayaka were talking about the latter being a magical girl. There were some hums all around when she said she felt destined to be a one, but no one said anything.

After those two was Sayaka and her crush, talking about him being better and all that. Then at one point, they went to the roof, and a bunch of other people showed up. They gave him a violin, and he started playing... Which reminded me of something. "Did I bring up the idea of making a band?" Everyone just gave me a look at that, and I realized I must've not. "Well... I thought about it back in Orario, and thought it'd be fun. I get the sax though."

My pack thought about that, and I saw them look interested. "I can play the piano. Both of them." I wasn't surprised that she could. Saya could do a lot.

"Using the drums sounds like a fun thing to try. I'm in." Ayyy, that was my Mini-me!

With Takashi in, Rei smiled, and cheered. "Dibs on the vocals! Everyone's got to hear my awesome voice!" Saya snorted at that, and Rei took offense. "Heeey! My voice is wonderful." A laugh from Saya and Kiriko were their responses to her. That latter one got her though, and she turned to said mother, betrayed. "Et tu mom?!"

Kiriko just laughed again, and ruffled her hair. "You got your voice from someone honey. I'll bet every yen I own I could out sing you."

We all saw a fire in Rei's eyes at that, and she huffed. "Oh yeah? Prove it!"

My sister grinned, and hummed. "Hmm, later. We got magical girl shit to watch."

Another huff from Rei, and she turned away. "Then I don't believe you." Seeing her act like that was adorable, but could be brought up later.

Rolling her eyes, my sister was about to say something, but Hestia had a eureka moment. "Karaoke! That's a thing, right?" Looking at her, we nodded, and she smiled. "Then let's do that later. That'd be fun, yeah?"

I thought about that for a second, and shrugged. "Sounds like a good idea. I'm game." Hestia beamed at that, and she cheered. "The others have to agree to it too mo bhandia." That made her pause, and break out the puppy dog eyes as she looked around. (Really?) I was so tempted to say that out loud, but decided not to.

Everyone saw Hestia's look, and after a collective chuckle, started to agree. Getting the agreement of the others, Hestia cheered again. "Aw yeah! Tomorrow's gonna be AWESOME!" Her excitement was contagious, and helped make us forget we saw some girl get chomped a few minutes earlier.

After that, we went back to the anime, and saw the redhead looking at Sayaka. The cat was there, and the two talked for a bit about Sayaka, and Homura. The cat said it didn't really know about the latter, which was more proof to Saya's 'time fuckery' hypothesis. The scene ended after a bit, and now we were watching Madoka and Homura talk it out over some food.

Though, Homura did most of the talking... And damn was she nihilistic. Like holy shit. Though, to be fair, Mami. So, none of us could fault her.

That depressing conversation aside, the next few minutes were Sayaka, along with Madoka and the cat, going searching for Witches. They found... Something. And we were all confused about what the fuck we were looking at. "Yeah. Definitely the weirdest trip I've ever been on." What she said. Anyway, it was about to die, but before Sayaka could put down the minion/familiar, she was interrupted by the redhead. When Kiriko, Rei, and Rika saw what her weapon was, they hummed. "This could be interesting." Rei and Rika nodded at that, and paid more attention to her.

But as she spoke, talked about letting the familiar eat and become a Witch, so she could farm it, Hestia and Shizuka, frowned. "That's fucked up." She was right, but at the same time, it was a smart plan.

From there, the two of them started fighting, where Sakura was winning. Though, it wasn't really a surprise considering she'd apparently been doing that for way longer then Sayaka. The interesting thing was how our resident spear users looked at her. Kiriko and Rika looked impressed, while Rei looked interested. "For a bitch, she's good." Those words made her mother snort, and Rika laugh.

The rest of the fight went on, and eventually, the cat tried to make Madoka contract. Again. "Alright. That persistent little shit is starting to get on my nerves." Shizuka barked in agreement, and Rei nodded.

Though, before she could finish the sentence, Homura appeared, and put a stop to the fight. "Why is everyone so theatrical? First it's the standing in high places for some reason, now it's that? What's next? Pulling a Batman?" There were a few snorts, and some laughs at that.

"It's all about the show, Saya. Besides, you indulged in your theatrics when we told a recount of our time in Remnant, did you not?" Saeko had a point there.

Saya just scoffed, and rolled her eyes. "One time out of months of not indulging myself. What a great example there, Saeko." Blinking at that, Saeko started humming, and after a bit, realized that she was right. "Anyway, the episode is pretty much over. Moving on?"

Per usual, she was right, and a bit later, the episode ended. No one got up, or objected to moving on, so Rika did the thing. "Next!"

{Episode 6}

The episode started right where the last one left off, and seeing Homura handle the situation was interesting. After pulling a 'it's nothing personal, kid' on Sayaka, she diffused the situation. Said situation ended with Sakura wall jumping away... Which amusing. Though, seeing her berate Madoka was something else. "She's got a point though. For as kind as this Madoka girl is, she keeps getting involved. Like, cmon!" I agreed with Saya there.

Though, Rei didn't. "That's not fair to Madoka though. She just wants to help her friends. There's nothing wrong with that."

Hearing that, Saya just shrugged. "Sure, you could say that. But it's still idiotic to keep doing something you KNOW could get you killed, without any real protection."

Rei sighed, and turned back to the TV. "I guess. But still..." Rei dropped it here, and we watched the episode.

Kyubey ate the Grief Seed, which was real fucking weird to see, and started talking with Sayaka. That conversation already interested our resident geniuses, but it was after the cat tried to get Sayaka to get Madoka to contract, that we reacted. Shizuka started growling again, and the others were right there with her. "This fucker's like a clingy ex! Like holy shit, this thing's gotta problem!" That was a funny image, but Rika wasn't done. "If we ever head there, I'm shooting that thing in its stupid fuckin face!" I mentally whistled at that, and said nothing.

"I wouldn't mind seeing how a creature like that reacts to being frozen from within. I wonder how it would react to my semblance?" You can guess who said that.

(Oook... Not touching that with a fifty foot poll.) Saeko had a dangerous look in her eyes, and I could feel the temperature start to fall just so slightly. After that scene, we were with Sakura and Homura. The former was playing what equated to DDR, and was killing it. "Huh... I haven't gone to an arcade in ages... I'll need to fix that later." I was curious about what I'd find if I went to an arcade here, since it was the future and all that, so I was looking forward to it.

And I wasn't the only one. "That sounds like fun. Think we can go with you sir?" Takashi looked expectant, so I shrugged.

"Sure. We could make a guy's day for it or something." Takashi grinned at that, and so did Kohta. "We could bring Kendo with us too. Give his ass a break from the gym, getting his ass handed to him, and from fucking around with the gauntlets.

The guys cheered at that, but they got themselves under control after Rei and Saya told them to keep it down. Sayaka was having a fucking a mental breakdown after all. She even had a misunderstanding about Homura 'letting Mami die' so that wasn't doing her any favors.

One meltdown later, and we were with Madoka and her mother. The two of them were just talking it out, and having a good time. "Mom, why don't you ever give me good advice?"

Kiriko laughed at that. "Rei, I give you good advice all the time."

Pure skepticism was on my nieces face, and it was hilarious. "Name one time!"

Her mother hummed, and pulled a Shizuka as she 'thought' about it. Suddenly, she grinned like the cat that ate the canary, and looked at Rei. "How about that time I told you to try outdoor se...-"

That was as far as she got before Rei slammed her hand onto Kiriko's mouth. "NOPE! WE'RE NOT GOING THERE MOM!" The way Kiriko's tail swayed, and the muffled laughter coming from her, told us all how amused she was.

We all had a laugh at that, and went back to watching the episode.

The scene was with Sayaka, and she was standing outside of her crush's place. Right before she buzzed in, she stopped, and listened as the guy started playing the Violin. She wasn't alone though, since Sakura popped up, and started gaslighting Sayaka. "So, what she's saying is fucked up and all that. But... Think she's speaking from experience?" Looking at Hestia, I saw her frown as Sakura said wishing for others wasn't exactly the best thing to do. "I mean, it'd make sense, right?"

Athena and Saya hummed at that, and after sharing a look, shrugged. "Perhaps. But perhaps not. We'd need to watch further to understand." Hestia nodded at that, and we went back to watching.

After that, Sayaka and Sakura went over to a bridge, and got ready to brawl. Though, before they could, Madoka and the cat made it just in time to stop them, SOMEHOW. Sure, we saw the cat tell her it was happening, but unless Madoka had Flash like speed, it didn't make sense for her to somehow get there right on time. Homura, I could get. She was the mysterious character that was always there when they need to be. Madoka? It was just plot convenience.

Anyway, the fight's about to go down, but Madoka just stops Sayaka from transforming, and fucking YEETS her Soul Gem away. Homura looked shocked, and fucking Instant Transmissioned away after it for some reason.

Said reason became VERY apparent after Sayaka just fucking flopped over like a Magikarp on land. "And so the other shoe drops." Saya's words were on point, since the cat started explaining... And hoo boy was it bad. They were pretty much poltergeists now, and could only be 100meters(300 feet) away from their bodies, or else they were fucked. No one took that explanation well, and a wave of pure anger radiated from not only Rei, but Shizuka, Hestia, Takashi, Kohta, Kiriko, and Rika. I could feel her fur standing on end as my wife looked like she wanted to go through the TV and rip the thing to shreds. Saeko and Lili were back to their silent anger, which was reaching new levels as the temperature dropped to winter day levels, while Saya and Athena were blank faced. Amidst all of that, I was mostly neutral, but that didn't mean I didn't care. I did, just not too much. I didn't really know those kids personally after all.

Those reactions aside, Saya brought the attention back onto her, and spoke. "That's... Pretty much what I thought it was... And SUPER fucked."

Athena frowned, and nodded. "As crude as that is, I agree. The utter apathy that creature describes their new states is appalling. Truly, that thing is nothing but a monster." We all agreed with that, because it was the truth. 'Kyubey' was fucking evil.

The episode ended after that whole revelation. And everyone was just shimmering in anger. Seeing that, I took control of the situation by letting my aura flash, and getting their attention. "Take some time to calm down. Not only is Eri upstairs, but getting mad now won't do any good. You can be pissed at the cat whenever I unlock that world.

I could tell they all took that in, since the temperature stopped falling, and they all started getting themselves together. Rei took back her anger, Shizuka's fur started going back to normal, and she gave me a lick. I rolled my eyes at that, and scratched her chin. Wife placated, I looked back at the rest of the pack, and waited for them to be ready to go on.

When they were ready, Rika nodded, and hit the button. "Alright. Next."

{Episode 7}

This episode started out with Sayaka and Kyubey. And man was she not happy. (Oh gee, I wonder why.) I ignored my own snark, and watched with the others as Kyubey started 'explaining' itself.

As it did, Kiriko snorted. "This is basically 'Terms and conditions, sell your soul edition.' That's as fucked up as it could possibly be." I couldn't help but laugh at that, even though it earned me a pointed glare from Hestia and Shizuka.

"True. It's also fucked up how this thing sees nothing wrong with what it did. Though, that could just be us imposing morals on something that doesn't understand them." That got sine hums from everyone else, and some nods.

"... I believe Freya and this creature would've gotten along swimmingly." Hestia snorted at that, while those of us that went to Orario could see it.

After that, and another skipped opening, we got into the episode. Madoka went to school, Sayaka didn't, and we had another meeting with Homura. Said girl brought up Saya's point earlier, which made her nod. "See, I'm right." Damn near everyone rolled their eyes at that, but didn't say anything.

When Madoka and Homura were done, we move back to Sayaka, who was called out by Sakura. The two of them were walking and talking about not letting the fact they were glorified Lich's get them down, and made their way to a church. (Because why wouldn't they go to a church?) The conversation took an interesting turn when Sayaka threw away an apple Sakura gave her, which set the red head off. (She's always been snacking on something whenever she's on screen... She homele...- Nevermind.) She started giving her backstory, and we all listened as she did.

Hearing her talk about her father being a priest was interesting, and seeing how poor they were had gotten us to understand why she went off on Sayaka.

But as it usually did, shit took a turn.

She started talking about her wish, and how she took to becoming a Magical Girl. And this was where shit REALLY took a turn. The irony that her father called her a Witch was mildly amusing, but when she got to the rest of his reaction, even I couldn't be as apathetic as usual. That was fucked up. Like, REALLY fucked up. And I wasn't the only one that thought that.

The temperature was cold enough for us to not only see our breath, but there was a small bit of snow littering the room.

Saya and Athena looked as still as statues, but were both tense enough to beat the shit out of anything that popped up.

Rika was staring at the TV, clenching the remote hard enough to break it if it weren't reinforced by aura.

Kiriko's aura was flaring, her tail was thrashing around, and her teeth were bared. As the only REAL mother of our pack, the thought of that happening must've been enough for her to see red.

The guys were both pissed, but were also getting a full blast of Rei's semblance.

Lili looked both sympathetic, and tortured, which wasn't something I liked seeing on my daughter.

Though, the one that seemed to take it the hardest was right next to me. "... That... Someone wouldn't do that... Right? They wouldn't do that to their family... Right?!" Seeing how Hestia was shaking, and losing her hold on her aura and flames, hurt. I could understand why, she was the goddess of Hearth, home, and FAMILY. So hearing someone say their own father killed their family, and then himself, must've shook her something fierce.

It hurt more when Shizuka whimpered, and pressed her ears to her head. Rei wasn't taking it the best either since I could tell she was radiating sadness and despair. Everyone else was either sad or pissed, and it looked like they were going to lose it. I wasn't gonna have any of that though, so I let my Vouivre wings out, ignoring the ripping of my sweater and the bit of couch, and wrapped Hestia, Shizuka, and Lili in them, pulling them closer to me. With them there, I hugged them all. My aura radiated from me, and I could feel my earring glow. I wasn't going to bring out my Sword of Damocles, that would be too much, but I could still bathe them in my aura, which thanks to my sky high CHA, brought a feeling of absolute safety. Which was true given the fact that there were no real dangers when I was around.

Hestia clung to my wing for dear life, and Lili and Shizuka did too. Kiriko managed to get Rei's semblance under control, and Saeko stopped turning the livingroom into a winter wonderland. "Hey Maccillian." I raised a brow at that, and looked at Kiriko. She was way more serious then she usually was, and she had called me by name, instead of Millie. Anyway, when she saw she had my attention, she gestured to the TV, which was paused on Sakura. "Whenever we go there, I'm adopting her."

""Huh?"" Hestia and Rei were rightfully confused at that, but I wasn't. Given her personality, Sakura was pretty much a younger Kiriko. She was brash, wouldn't mind beating some ass, and could still be kind. She also used a spear, so it wasn't really a surprise to me that my sister endeared herself to the Magical Girl.

"That's fine. I can't be the only one collecting family as we go." Kiriko scoffed, but didn't deny it.

After that, we took a few minutes for everyone to calm down, before un-pausing the episode. When they were, Rika did the thing, and we watched the rest of the episode.

The scene, after the most aggressive apple eating I've ever seen, went back to Sayaka walking with Madoka and the green haired girl. Her crush even came back to school, and that was something I guess.

Though, after refusing to go say hi to the guy, the scene shifted to Sayaka and the green haired girl. And this was where things got interesting. The girl dropped the bomb that she liked Sayaka's crush, and gave her a fucking ultimatum to ask him out before she did. "Does that EVER work? Asking because I wanna know." I really did. Every woman in the room gave me a look at that, and said 'no' all at once. "Huh. Ok."

After that, we were back with Sayaka, who was leaving her home, and met up with Madoka. She had another breakdown, and compared herself to a zombie, making that the reason she didn't say anything to him. "I hate that that's a valid excuse." It was, so we couldn't deny that.

Any one breakdown later, and Sayaka, who had Madoka tagging along, was in a Labyrinth. She just got saved by Sakura, but then shit got crazy. She just charged back in, and ignored being attacked... "She's stealing my who...-" The maniacal laughter made me stop, and just blink. "Nevermind. She can keep it." Sayaka was going fucking apeshit, and laughing like a lunatic all the while she beat the fuck out of the Witch's corpse.

"Hypocrite." Athena, Rei, Shizuka, and Hestia gave Saya a look at that, but she shrugged. "Calling it how I see it." That didn't seem to make it better, but at least it didn't get worse.

The episode ended after Madoka begged her to stop... Which was kind of fucking depressing.

With the episode over, there was another short bathroom break, and when everyone was ready, the next episode started up. "Here we go."

{Episode 8}

The episode started out with Sayaka bashing the shit out of the Witch's corpse, as if we somehow forgot that was what she was doing last episode. When the labyrinth dissipated, she tossed the Grief Seed to Sakura. "Oh for the love of fuck, she's acting like an Uchiha." I got a few looks for that, but shrugged. "She is." They shrugged at that, then went back to watching the episode.

It was a rain scene, so I already knew there was going to be drama. And when Sayaka started brooding, and snapping at Madoka, I knew I was right. After a bit, she started getting bitchy that Madoka wasn't helping by fighting, and that was a can of worms that went places. Specifically, places where she chewed out Madoka. Though, one frame made me almost choke. "Why is she stanced up like that?"(5:21) It was just so fucking weird, and hilarious at the same time.

Though, before anyone could say anything, she had promptly ran away... Only to start regretting it instantly. "Lili thinks there should be a limit to how bipolar someone can be." I snorted at that, and a few of the others shared a brief chuckle.

From there, the scene shifted to Sakura and Homura, discussing this Walpurgisnacht. That was when the cat came in, and derailed the conversation. When it showed up, everyone bristled a little, clearly not wanting the fucker to be there. Thankfully, Homura banished the fucker, and he left. "Good riddance." Athena really didn't like it, but that was justified.

After that, we were back with Sayaka's crush, and the friend that offered the ultimatum. And from the looks of it, the friend was making her move. The two of them went somewhere, and after what I and the rest of the pack assumed was a confession, saw Sayaka there... "Oof. The NTR is stro...-" The scene transitioned to her beating the fuck out of a bunch of minions, crying out as she did. "Ok..." Then came Homura. "Oh. This'll be good." I was interested in what was going to happen, and so was everyone else.

And so, we watched as Sayaka and Homura had their first conversation, alone.

And it was a telling one.

Sayaka called out Homura on the way it looked like she'd given up, and Homura looked prepared to fucking kill her. "My time travel theory is looking REAL good here." Then Sakura came in, and saved Sayaka.

That led into the most lackluster escape I have ever seen in my life. But it was interesting when she shit out a grenade from her shield... Which turned out to be a flash bang? "What?" I had a right to be confused. I idly remembered the flash bang looking nade was actually a grenade, but I thought that was just a one off.

Kiriko and Rika gave me a look, then shrugged. ""Our military is weird like that."" I wasn't gonna argue with that.

Anyway, ordinance confusion aside, the scene went to Sayaka on the train, somehow having gotten away from Homura, and we were now listening to some 'playboy.' Hearing what he was saying, the women all took offense, and looked ready to go beat the shit outta him. Though, Sayaka got there first, and confronted him, and his friend. The end of the confrontation looked both ominous, and telling about the theory I, and probably our geniuses had. "Um... That's not what I think it is... Right?" I wasn't about to pop my goddesses bubble, so I, and the rest of us, said nothing. "Guys?" None of us said anything, and the scene shifted to Madoka and the cat.

Said cat got Hestia's attention, and she dropped the question, in favor of glaring at it. Then, we listened to the cat's, and Madoka's, conversation. It was once again, trying to get her to become a Magical Girl. "Aw shit... She's gonna say yes, ain't she?" I was really hoping the answer was no, but my sister looked ready for the inevitable. And right as Madoka was saying the words, time froze, and the fucker was full of holes. """""Fuck yeah!""""" Hestia, Rika, Kiriko, Rei and Saya all cheered at that, and Shizuka barked with em.

Though, the way Homura started breaking down afterwards dimmed the mood. "Oh yeah. She's a time traveler all right." Right after Saya said that, the fucking cat came back. "Oh come on!" She wasn't the only one annoyed at it being back, since everyone else, including me, was annoyed that it was.

But then the cat started to eat its corpse, and everyone that was eating, stopped. "That... That is both disgusting, and disturbing. I'm not entirely sure which of those is stronger in my opinion." It was bad when Saeko said that.

After it was done, the two talked, and Homura dropped a bomb. "'Incubator?' Now... That makes... Huh... That makes far too much sense in my eyes." Athena's brows scrunched up here, and she started thinking.

As Athena was doing that, the scene went to Sayaka and Sakura, who were at a train station. The two talked for a bit, then Sayaka showed her Soul Gem. The damn thing looked horrible, and given that it was her literal soul, I had an inkling we were about to find out just what happened when one of them got too corrupted. A wave of air blasted out from her, and we all watched as freaky shit happened, and Sakura was blown away. And after a few seconds, when Sayaka's body was whisked away, the scene shifted to the Incubator.

When it said its piece, Saya had the biggest, 'I'm an idiot' look I'd ever seen. "Majou. Mahou. Mahou Shoujou... Oh motherfucker! I was right, but it was WAY more obvious then I though!" We all took a moment to recognize that, and even I felt like it was simple. Majou = Witch. Mahou = Girl. Mahou Shoujou = Magical Girl. It was a one letter difference even a monkey could figure out.

We all reacted to that, and I had to do my best to once again, calm down a room of angry Werewolves that could level all the nations if they got too pissed.

It was a trying task, but I managed it. "Again, ye can plot the torture and subsequent murder of the cat monster later. We still got four episodes to go."

They all looked at me at that, and after a little grumbling here and there, calmed themselves. "Right. Next I guess." And so she pressed the button.

{Episode 9}

The episode started out with Sayaka going witch, but we saw Sakura getting pulled into the labyrinth. She was doing good so far, and we even got a look at Sayaka's witch. It was... A weird thing, but all the Witches we've seen so far were weird.

That aside, Homura showed up, and helped bail Sayaka out. We got confirmation that she stopped time, and I couldn't help myself. "Za Worldo, Tokiwo Tomare!" Saya snorted at that, but didn't say anything else.

After Rika skipped the OP, we watched as the two of them met up with Madoka, and slapped her with the raw truth. It was as they did, that I saw Hestia's brows furrow, and she started thinking. "I should be able to purify that... Shizuka too now that I think about it... Hmm..." That was an interesting thought. We all knew Shizuka and Hestia's flames 'purified' things, so in theory, they SHOULD be able to stop Soul Gems from going dark.

"We'll need to compile a list of measures to test for whenever we enter that realm." I agreed with Athena on that, since there were a number of things that could e done.

The next few minutes were interesting. Homura was being a stone cold bitch, but we could all understand why. She was doing her best to deter Madoka from contracting with the Incubator, but the way she was going about it was crueler then necessary. "Is posturing THAT important for her? The number of times she's done that is ridiculous." Saya had a thing with that, but it was whatever.

Anyway, after Homura was done being extra, the scene shifted to Madoka, and the fucking Incubator showed up. "Ah, here we fuckin go again." My sister was less then pleased.

Then the thing started explaining. "Entropy? Really?" She was skeptical, but then the thing said something interesting. "It's an alien? The fuck? And it's using mana to delay the end of the universe? Really?" Saya looked both interested, and confused, but let the thing talk. That's how we got to the whole 'teenage girls are the best fuel for the job' bit... "That's... That's so fucked up, that I don't care that it's logical." Yeah, it really was.

Athena nodded at that, and brought out a book. Taking a quick look at the title, it seemed to be about her and Saya's discoveries about mana. A second later, a quill showed up, and she flipped to an empty page. "If the laws of mana, if there ever were such a thing, apply to our version of mana, then that is an interesting avenue to pursue." She wrote that down, but after a moment, almost snapped her quill in half with the Incubator's parting words. "I really wish I could strangle that monstrosity. Who tells a teenager 'if you feel like dying for the sake of the universe, let me know.' That creature and its race deserves annihilation."

Athena wasn't the only one pissed at that, and I once again, had to calm a room full of angry Werewolves and goddesses. "I would like to remind all of you that while the house could probably survive all of you going mental, Eri is still upstairs. So calm your shit before you scare the living fuck out of her, yeah?" That seemed to get them, and they managed to calm down.

"Maaan. Who knew a Magical Girl show could piss us off so much?" I shrugged, because Rika had a point. I wasn't expecting this, and couldn't deny that I WAS getting a little pissed. Which for me, was kind of a big deal since I didn't exactly give a shit about anyone I didn't know personally, or care for.

Anyway, after that, we saw Sakura taking care of Sayaka's corpse, and her conversation with the cat. There wasn't anything wort mentioning, so we just watched that scene, and the others did their best to get themselves under control.

They did well, and until the scene with Madoka going back to school, managed. But Madoka went back to cool, and after being called out by Sakura, things took a turn. The two of them were going to Sayaka's labyrinth, and hoping the power of friendship would save her. We all knew it was a stupid plan, but Rei, Shizuka and Hestia were hopeful, and none of us wanted to rain on their parade.

With the alliance of Madoka and Sakura heading out, we saw a short scene of Homura going out to maybe meet up with them. The scene shifted back to the impromptu duo, and Sakura started talking about Walpurgisnacht. The 'Mother lode of all witches.' (So it was probably that thing from episode 1... Hmm... That'll be interesting.) I was curious about the thing, since all I remembered of it was the giant gear, but it could come later.

Because the two of them found Sayaka's labyrinth.

After a brief transformation, Sakura was geared up, and ready to go. The two of them went in, and after a pep talk(?) Which Kiriko seemed to approve of, they went on and eventually encountered Sayaka's Witch. The sound of Violins, and other instruments graced our ears, and Saya and Athena frowned. "As... Nice as this score is, it is rather unfortunate it had to come at this price." I wasn't a classical guy, but even I had to admit, it sounded nice.

"Wait a minute... Is she part Mermaid?" Rei's question confused us for a moment, but after a look at the Witch, we saw that yes, it had a Mermaid tail... That was weird, but again, all the Witches were weird.

Back to the fight, we saw Sakura trying her best to give Madoka time to talk to Sayaka, but it wasn't working. Eventually, Sakura broke the floor, and that moment as she fell, and asked god for a lucky break, I saw how Kiriko, Hestia, Rei, and Shizuka took that... Which wasn't well... After the failed Talk-No-Jutsu, and a save by Homura, Sakura sealed off the area... And looked ready to sacrifice herself. We could all smell the blood that came from Kiriko, who was biting into her lip HARD, but didn't say anything. This wasn't the right time to say something after all. She was focused solely on Sakura... Kyouko, and her final moments. Kyouko went out in a blaze of glory, and I respected that. Hell, if Kiriko hadn't said she was going to adopt her, The girls and I probably would have.

Speaking of Kiriko, her eyes were hard, and she was beyond tensed. "Yeah... She's ours." That was all Kiriko had to say, but we got it. If she hadn't been dead set on adopting Kyouko earlier, she was now.

The bit of despair I could feel in the air vanished, and I felt Rei's determination sky rocket. It was interesting to see, especially when she turned to Saya and Saeko. "How do I be a good older sister?" Ah.

The two of them shared a look, then turned back to Rei. "We can give you our advice afterwards. There are still three more episodes after all." Rei nodded at that, and turned back to the TV.

"Lili is right here you know." My daughter's deadpan response embarrassed Rei, and she didn't look back to meet her gaze.

That bit helped the others calm down after Kyouko's sacrifice, and prepared them for the next episode. Though, Shizuka and Hestia needed more pets/cuddling to be fully ready.

When everyone was prepared for it, Rika nodded, then did the thing.

{Episode 10}

And immediately, shit was crazy."... Well... Here's the proof for my time fuckery idea." Yeah... See, it looked like it was time for Homura's backstory, considering we were seeing a fidgety and quiet version of her, with braided tails. "She was one of us though, so that's an interesting" Hestia nodded at that, and looked interested into seeing how this went.

Hell, we all were considering we had no idea what Homura went through to be the stone cold bitch, who was prone to emotional outbursts, that we saw for the last 9 episodes.

The episode went on, and we watched as she was overwhelmed by people, and was saved by Madoka. This Madoka seemed brighter, and just a tad more confident then the current timeline Madoka. "... Time shit's weird." It was. Considering we were seeing the exact opposite of what happened before. Madoka was the one that did everything, and Homura was just an awkward teenager.

The weirdness went on, and eventually, something new came up. "A Witch... Fuuuck." Yup. As Homura was walking home, being all sad and angsty as teenagers usually were, she was being led into suicide territory courtesy of a Witch.

Said Witch's Labyrinth showed up, and a specific landmark came up. "The Arc de Triomphe? Huh, haven't seen that thing in a while. It's not fucked up either... Cool." Saya knew what it was, because of course. But, like she said, we'd seen it before when we were cleaning up the HOTD world. Fun fact, that version was damaged for some reason, and had cracks all over it.

Anyway, before Homura prime was eaten by minions, she was saved by... "'Mami!'" By Madoka and Mami. Hestia and Shizuka were the most excited to see her, but the both of them didn't take well to the Incubator's presence.

With Mami there though, the two of them reigned in their anger at the cat, and watched as Mami was alive and on screen.

The three of them talked about for a bit, and even brought up Walpurgisnacht. The fact they knew was telling, since the cat probably brought it up so they could go mental faster.

The scene shifted a bit later, and we watched as Mami was once again, fucking dead. "'NO!'" And my Little goddess and wife didn't take well to that. Once again, I helped calm them down, and watched the scene play out... Which led to Madoka ending up fucking dead too! "Oh come on!" At any other time I would've found Hestia's reaction fucking hilarious, too bad I had to keep her from losing it.

Then came the scene of Homura's wish, and seeing it turn into a time loop scenario, Saya blinked. "Oh... Oh we're not gonna like what we see... Are we?" I doubted we would.

The second timeline started, and Homura announced she was a Magical Girl to Madoka the moment she went up to her, so that was a thing. The scene then went to Homura beating the shit out of a barrel with a golf club of all things... Which was amusing as hell. But then it turned into her making a fucking grenade, and our two, three if I counted Kohta, military personnel laughed at that. "It doesn't work like that, but ok. Let's pretend she wouldn't be put on a watch list." I chuckled at my sister's words, and so did a few others.

After Homura made a nade, we watched her throw it up some weird Witch's skirt, and blast it to hell. The celebration was a short one, but an amusing one.

And then everything went to shit again.

Madoka survived this time, we didn't see Mami so she probably died again, which was a fucking thought, but her Soul Gem was too dark. "Oh... Oh fuck." I didn't pay attention to who said that, but someone did. Madoka ended up turning into a Witch, right in front of Homura, and that was probably how she found out THAT particular truth... So... Oof.

The next timeline started, and when Homura tried to warn the others, it was Sayaka that started the problem. It was fucked, but at least she wasn't killed. Though, their conversation took a turn when Sayaka and Mami brought up Homura's bombs, and how hard it would be for the former to fight with them going off. That conversation somehow led to her raiding... "Is she raiding the fuckin Yakuza?"

(Thank you Rika for taking the goddamn thoughts straight from my mind. What's next? Gonna tell the future?)

Rika looked at me at that point, and narrowed her eyes at me. "You just thought something annoying." I whistled at that, and made a mental note not to test if she could somehow guess what else I wanted to think. She stared at me for a moment, but blinked when we both heard Kyouko mention Sayaka. Rika turned back, and we both saw a familiar and unfamiliar sight. "Aw shit. She went Witch AGAIN?" Sayaka was a Witch again, but the scenery was different, and the minions looked like little miss NTR.

Homura blew the Witch sky high, and the left the labyrinth... Only for Kyouko to suddenly get SHOT! ""NO!"" My sister and Niece almost lost it at that, and I winced.

I winced again when we saw it was Mami, who did it. Shizuka and Hestia both cried out this time, and I wrapped my wings around them again. I had to make sure they didn't lose it when Madoka killed Mami to save Homura, and was starting to wonder if I would get a skill for this. "Fuck... Just... Fuck." Enlightening words from Saya.

After that cluster fuck, the scene shifted to the two of them, both with their Soul Gems looking ready to go Grief Seed, but still alive. Though, it didn't look like it would last. As the two of them were saying their final words, Madoka whipped out a Grief Seed, and used it on Homura. The two of them spoke some more, and Madoka asked Homura to save her before she turned into a Magical Girl. That was something she would probably keep on trying to do anyway, but it was what came next that made us all pause. Madoka started crying out in pain, but asked for one more thing before Homura hit the rewind button.

She asked her to put her down before she turned. Everyone stared in shock, and even I with my asshole and mostly apathetic heart, was shocked by that. We all watched as Homura cried, and as the screen panned away, did it. Afterwards, Homura hit the rewind button, and went back. Though, when she woke up in the hospital bed, Rika paused the episode, and no one objected at that.

We had to take a moment to process what just happened. "... It is a wonder that she is still sane. Damaged, broken perhaps, but still sane... That is HIGHLY commendable." I think everyone agreed with Saeko on that.

After Saeko, Saya grunted, and then spoke. "Fuck... Yeah... I think I might've lost my shit way earlier if I was her." That was telling.

(What about me?) Thinking about that, I couldn't help but wonder. When I was Thorn, I was stuck in a rut for a few years after my mom and dad died, so I was definitely not surviving it. Even when I was Muzaka, I fell into the same rut as before, so unless it was the me now, that had my stronger levels of confidence, I wouldn't have managed.

My internal confirmation that I'd lose my shit aside, we watched as Homura became who she was in this timeline, and watched how she handled the others. And let me tell you, seeing a teenage magical girl whip out a LMG and lay waste to a Witch was one of the most amusing sights I think I'd ever see. Even Kiriko looked impressed.

From there, we eventually caught up to episode 1, before Madoka woke up. (Which means episode 1 was the last timeline... Fuck, that's weird to think.) It really was. Anyway, Kyubey gets Madoka to contract, AGAIN, and she ends up one shotting the Walpurgisnacht... Only to turn into a Witch... Again! Though this time, we got to see the name of the Witch at least. Gretchen... I had no idea if that meant anything, but I could google it later.

With Madoka now a Witch, Homura gave up that timeline, and went back again. Seeing that determination, from a kid, was interesting. The fact that it remained after countless tries had to be commended too. Giving that timeline up led to the current one, where Homura had just blasted one of the cat's 'spares' and found Madoka. AKA, the second half of episode 1. "It's all come full circle, huh... Well damn." It really did.

The episode ended there, and everyone took their time to take in what they saw. I was also tempted to retract my wings, but after seeing how comfortable Hestia and Lili were with them, Shizuka too but she was closer to me then my wings, I decided not too.

When they were all ready, Rika breathed out, and hit the button.

{Episode 11}

The episode started with the cat and Homura, in her base. It was talking about why Madoka seemed to have so much potential, and brought up an interesting theory. "... For as much as I hate that creature, it's theory is a valid one." Athena looked like she swallowed a lemon admitting that.

Saya looked just as disgusted, but nodded. "Yeah. It makes sense... As fucked as it is." With that said, they turned back to the anime, and the opening.

Said opening was skipped, and we got into the episode. And the first thing we saw was Sayaka's funeral... Yikes. The funeral passed without us saying much, and eventually got to Madoka going back home, and lying to her mother about not knowing why Sayaka was dead. Her mom didn't seem to buy it, but didn't pry, which kinda seemed like a bad move in my opinion. (Eh, but what do I know?)

After that, and Madoka was on her own in her room, the fucking Incubator showed up again. "Just one episode. Could we go one episode where that fucking little shit ain't there?" Kiriko was rightfully annoyed, but as the cat started to talk, she lost it. "Livestock?! Fucking excuse me?!" She looked ready to punch the TV, but thankfully, Rei held her back. My sister growled a bit, but sat back.

As she did, the cat kept talking, and got into some real disturbing shit... "You've got to be shitting me... Cleopatra? Himiko? Joan of fucking Arc? This... Just what the fuck..." We were all thinking about what it was saying/showing, and we were all taking it differently.

It was weird to think Joan of Arc was a Magical Girl, especially when I always pictured FATE'S version of her whenever I thought about that woman. Joan of Arc, atleast in FATE, was a fucking bombshell. Like da... (Fucking damn... I really DO have a thing for blonde's.) It was crazy that I only really recognized that after I found Shizuka.

My recognizing my previously unknown preference aside, the cat started talking about how emotions were a mental defect, and I had to resist the urge to snort. "Mental defect huh? I'll show that stupid little motherfucker." I, and almost everyone else, paused, and turned to Rei. She looked almost feral, and SHE needed to be held back this time. It wasn't rocket science to understand why she was pissed though. Her semblance was literally named Empathy. Having emotions being called a mental defect was like slapping her in the face.

Thankfully, the scene shifted afterwards, and we were with Madoka's mother, and her teacher, because of course the two of them would know each other.

The conversation they had was sad, since both of them had no idea what the fuck was going on, and neither knew how to help. It was especially fucked since Madoka's mom didn't know how to help her daughter. As an adoptive father of two, I was pretty sure the rest of the girls, and Kiriko felt it too, that hit different. I doubted there would ever be something I couldn't help my kids with, I was just that awesome, but if there ever was, I could picture myself pulling my hair out trying to figure out how I could help.

We were silent for a bit at that, and eventually, the scene shifted again. This time, we were with Homura and Madoka, at the former's home. There, the two of them talked, and Homura ended up spilling the beans about her being a time traveler. This was like, the second time we'd seen current timeline Homura breakdown, and it was hard to see. "She needs the strongest therapist in the fucking universe at this point." I agreed with Rika on that. The idea of spending time with my girls or anyone from the pack, only to wake up one day and end up strangers, was fucking wrong to me. Homura had my respect for not giving up somehow.

The two of them were there for a bit, when the scene shifted to some weather dudes, talking about an incoming storm. They started evacuating and all that, which also showed Madoka and her family in a center, before the scene went back to Homura. She looked ready, so that mean only one thing.

"Walpurgisnacht... Also seems like a cartoonish version of the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons... Hmm..." Saya looked like that thought struck something with her, and she started thinking.

Her aside, Homura had just transformed, and after a moment, pulled out... """What the fuck?""" Our resident military personnel, and Kohta, looked astounded at what she just did. Hell, they had every right too. She just pulled out an UBW, but with fucking RPG'S and other Rocket launchers.

"Ok, that's fucking awesome." Even Takashi was amazed. I was too, but they had all gotten their awe, so I didn't need to get mine out.

After she started blasting, the fight really went on. She pulled out Mortars, C4, a TRUCK, AAC, MORE C4, and laid into the Witch. "Did she raid the JSDF?! Where the hell did she even get the Anti Air Cannons?!" It was madness. A madness that Rika was both entranced, and astounded by.

The fight went on though, and despite looking like she was putting in work, the Witch responded by sending out... "Are those... Magical Girls?" Athena's question was a valid one, because it looked like that's what they were.

It looked like things weren't going to go her way, and the scene then swapped back to the shelter. We saw Madoka look worried, and after a moment, got up, and excused herself to go to the 'bathroom.' Most of the pack frowned, understanding what she wanted to do. The scene then went to Madoka and the cat, talking about if Homura could beat Walpurgisnacht or not. The cat didn't think so, and after a bit of thinking, Madoka decided to go help Homura. """"'No!'"""" Hestia, Kiriko, Rei, Saya, and Shizuka all called out as she turned to leave. """"'Yes!'"""" They called out again when Madoka's mom stopped her. The two of them started talking, and after a successful Talk-No-Jutsu, Madoka was off. """"'NO!'"""" I wanted to laugh at that, but stopped myself.

With Madoka heading off, we went back to Homura, who after gunning down some fake Magical Girls, got hit by a fucking building. I couldn't help but wince at that. "Ouch." Getting hit by a building wasn't exactly healthy. The others shared my sentiment, especially after we saw her leg was pinned under some rubble.

It looked like shit was going to get worse, so Homura grabbed her shield, and seemed to get ready to spin it, probably sending herself back into the past. But before she did, she paused, and started thinking about the words of the Incubator. That if she went back again, she would only be making Madoka's potential grow, and make things harder. She was pretty much getting ready to give up, and Madoka appears, with the cat in tow. "Ah... Shit." My sister said it best. We all realized what she was going to do next episode, and none of us liked it.

Rika sighed, and after a quick look around, nodded. "Alright. Last episode, then we can all fuck off and beat the shit out of each other to get our minds off of this." That got a short chuckle out of Kiriko, which Rika smiled at, before aiming the remote at the TV. "Next."

{Episode 12}

The last episode started with Madoka's resolve, and Homura breaking down. She had a valid reason too though. She'd went through months if not years of resets, only for Madoka to do the one thing that she wanted her NOT to do.

We all watched as she said her wish, and saw the Incubator react. "A god? Curious. Interesting." Athena was in full analysis mode, and Saya was right there with her. Hell, even Hestia was there too at that.

"A goddess... Huh..." Her full focus was on the anime, and on Madoka more specifically.

So when the wish was made, and we were suddenly with Mami, we were all stunned for a moment. Shizuka whimpered for a second, then shifted back, making me take a moment to make sure she was comfortable. "Silver?" I looked at her, and she met my gaze. "Can we keep her?" I blinked, noticed the rest of my wives had that same momentary confusion that I did, and thought about it.

(I'll ignore the fact she's preemptively chosen us to adopt a Magical Girl, and think about Mami. Could we get along with her? Yeah. She might have an issue with Saeko and Rika for a bit, but we can work with that. She could help me in the kitchen, since she's a sweets person while I'm a food in general, person. Hmm... She's competent in battle, and could be fun to be around... I don't see anything wrong with it.) That seemed to be enough, so I stopped thinking, and nodded. "I'm for it. What about you girls?"

As soon as I asked that, I got a nod from Saya and Saeko, a hum of acceptance from Rika, and an enthusiastic nod from Hestia.

Seeing everyone's reactions, Shizuka brightened up, and I had to physically restrain her from jumping up in happiness. "Now we need the world! Then we'll get our daughter, then we'll have fun in the kitchen making cakes! Cheesecakes, birthday cakes! Ve...-" I stopped her there by scratching between her ears, and making her zone out. As much as I loved Shizuka, I, and everyone else, knew she was NEVER allowed in the kitchen.

I got a few looks for neutralizing her, but I took them in stride.

That bit aside, the scene shifted back to Madoka making her wish, and we all watched as she became a Magical Girl. The whole dramatic pillar of power thing happened, and in moments, Madoka appeared in her Magical Girl outfit. The bow that she usually used was brought out, and after blooming a rose out of the top, because Magical Girl weapon, it turned into a bow.

We watched as that bow gathered power as she pulled back the string, and after charging it up, fired. Hundreds of arrows shot off, and the scene shifted to other Magical Girls, whose Soul Gems were close to going Grief Seed. A Madoka, because that's what it was, appeared before each of them, and healed their gems. It was interesting to see, and our goddesses were both impressed.

The whole 'Madoka is the savior of all Magical Girls' went on for a bit more, before the scene switched back to Madoka prime, who was preparing to blast the Walpurgisnacht. "I just noticed it's an upside down person." Hestia got a few looks at that, but she didn't really care. The rest of us noticed that she was right, and just went back to watching the anime.

From there, Madoka blasted the super Witch into oblivion, and after a bit, shit got weird again.

Homura ended up appearing on the moon for some reason, which was then explained by the cat, who was now down(?) Graded to a disembodied voice. We watched as Madoka's Soul Gem, a veritable meteor of pink and black, appeared, as the cat then explained that all the corruption went to Madoka. Naturally, Homura was distraught, because the one thing she didn't want to happen was practically staring her in the face.

But we didn't have much time to look at that, since all the corruption practically radiated off of her Soul Gem, blanketed the earth, and took the form of a massive Witch, larger then the planet itself. Our goddesses were both stunned at the sight, which made sense since neither of them could fight something that big, (I could. I could probably nuke it from the planet, since throwing a TOTW at it would be a viable option considering it was in space... That sounds awesome actually. Note to self, find something to in space to nuke.) Tuning back in, I noticed Madoka was back on screen, and suddenly transformed further. She got longer hair, looked a little more regal, and had her bow transform into something a goddess should use, solidifying her role as brought the string back, and after the symbols appeared, she fired, blasting the Witch to kingdom come with arrows. I whistled at that, because if it was something she could do without selling her soul to the cat devil, she'd be an interesting opponent.

Anyway, goddess Madoka blasting the super witch aside, the scene went back to Homura, who was floating in a pink abyss, naked, for some reason. She was doing the depressed thing for a bit, then Madoka, who was ALSO naked for some reason, showed up and consoled her.

We were all moderately confused at that, but didn't really say much. The episode was coming to an end soon, so we just watched as it happened. The two of them spoke for a bit, Madoka doing her best so Homura didn't feel like everything she'd worked for meant nothing, which was hard to do especially after she brought up knowing what she did in every timeline she tried, which was more of kicking a dead horse in my opinion, then actually helping.

After that, the world was set right, and we returned to the train station, with Mami and Kyouko, all in their Magical Girl outfits... Who were talking about Sayaka being fucking dead... "Huh?" Rika's confusion was justified, because this didn't really seem like a better world.

Especially when Kyouko and Mami pulled a 'Who?' When Homura said Madoka's name. "That's gotta suck... That's gotta suck a lot." Yes dear sister, undersell it some more why don't you?

Thankfully, Kiriko didn't react to my thoughts, which was a funny thought in of itself, and focused on the anime.

After the bit at the station, we ended up with Madoka's little brother, who was making a small picture of her, in her Magical Girl outfit, in the sand. That in itself made some of our more emotional members wince, but it got worse when her mom and dad came. Homura talked with Mamadoka, and hearing her describe Madoka as a figment of her toddlers imagination, was fucked up. I don't think any of us missed the way Kiriko wrapped her tail around Rei, but we didn't mention it.

The scene eventually changed to Homura and the cat, talking about Madoka. The cat didn't know of her, and seemed to think Homura was just chatting shit, but still listened. It was unnerving to see the two of them actually getting along, and I had to placate Shizuka and Hestia when they made their displeasure at the thing known. (I should become an emotional support animal. I'd make make the big bucks easy.) I almost audibly snorted at that thought, but managed to keep it in.

Anyway, the two of them ended up leaving the high rise, and ended up with 'Wraiths' in front of them. That was when we saw Homura didn't have a shield anymore. She had a bow. That made both my emotional wives give a sad smile, then blink when that signaled the end of the episode.

With the episode over, everyone took a bit to take that in, before they reacted.

Rika let out a long breath, and put down the remote.

Kiriko and Rei kept looking at the TV, most likely because Kyouko was out of sight now.

Takashi and Kohta didn't seem uncomfortable anymore, so that was good.

Saya and Athena seemed to be thinking about what they just saw.

Saeko seemed neutral, but I could see she was a little tense. Probably still pissed about the cat thing's continued existence.

Meanwhile, on my couch, Shizuka was a mix of sad and a tad bit mad.

Hestia was right there with her, but seemed to be more annoyed then mad.

Then there was Lili. My little daughter was still, and looked like she was staring into a void. Not something I liked to see in my mischievous ghost.

I was mostly apathetic again, though I still recognized how fucked up that ending was, and how badly the cat deserved death.

It was a few moments later that my sister spoke up. "We're going there. First chance we get." No one objected, and simply nodded. I didn't have the world yet, but when I got it, I was sure the others would drop everything to go fix that world. And I wouldn't stop them.

Anyway, with that said, the others broke out of their states, and went through the motions. We all talked about what we thought about the anime, and what we'd do whenever we got there.

Kiriko was already set on adopting Kyouko. An action Rei was behind 100%.

Shizuka was set on claiming Mami, and no one objected, so there was now a wayward daughter that we'd have to get eventually.

Saya, Athena, Rika and Saeko were dead set on killing/torturing the Incubator.

Kohta and Takashi were going to go Witch hunting, mostly to get samples for Saya and Athena to test if the process could be reversed.

Lili was going to be with Hestia, and most likely Eri, when they went to get Mami.

Meanwhile, Hestia and I were going to make contact with Homura. We had some ideas on how, but the one we went with would change depending on WHEN we go there.

With those plans set, we talked for a bit more, and eventually broke off when we were done. We had our plans, but for now, some of them needed to cool off. And what better way to do that then by beating the fuck out of constructs in the form of the cat?

No omake, because this chapter is too big already. Whenever the next chapter comes out, I'll have 2 at the end to make up for it.

[Status]

Name - Maccillian Silver Zaka

Title(s) - The Silver King of Wolves/Sköll/Godslayer

Level - 4

Age - 20(2,821)

Strength : C - 619(335 restricted)

Endurance: A - 810(71 restricted)

Vitality : 153,085

Agility : C - 649(320 restricted)

Arcane : B - 779(1,280)

Wisdom : 3,170

Charisma 4,085

Luck : 2,780

Unique Skills - Apex Shifter, Werewolf Form, Apex Physiology, Wolf King's Wisdom, Wolf King's Wrath, The One True Wolf, Fenrir, Sword of Damocles.

Development Abilities - Magic Resistance D, Spirit Healing E, Mage I

Sub Skills - Iron stomach, Flames of Helios, Magic Sensitivity, Terrain Master, Hunter Senses, Blessed by the Ocean. Overhaul.

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